The Janes (2022)
They didn't have a choice.
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
- Date of release
- 2022-05-03
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (46)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
Casting
- Heather Booth — Self
- Judith Arcana — Self
- Marie Leaner — Self
- Diane Stevens — Self
- Eleanor Oliver — Self
- Martin Luther King Jr. — Self (archive footage)
- Walter Cronkite — Self (archive footage)
- Hugh Hefner — Self (archive footage)
Interesting facts
The Janes is a 2022 American documentary film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2022, and was released on HBO Max on June 8, 2022, the month after a leaked draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released, starting protests across the United States. The film was directed by Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, produced by Emma Pildes, Daniel Arcana, and Jessica Levin, executive produced by Susan Lacy, and edited by Kristen Huntley.
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